American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 4 , Pages 442-447 , 15 February 2009

Anemia for Risk Assessment of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes

Received 22 August 2008 ,Revised 13 October 2008 ,Accepted 13 October 2008.

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    Distribution of hemoglobin (hemo) at admission in the study population.

    Distribution of hemoglobin (hemo) at admission in the study population.

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    Kaplan-Meier curves of 30-day survival probability according to the presence of anemia at admission.

    Kaplan-Meier curves of 30-day survival probability according to the presence of anemia at admission.

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    Plot of predicted versus observed mortality (percent) for visualization of the reliability of the model in each decile of risk estimation. (Top) GRACE risk score alone, (bottom) GRACE risk score plus

    Plot of predicted versus observed mortality (percent) for visualization of the reliability of the model in each decile of risk estimation. (Top) GRACE risk score alone, (bottom) GRACE risk score plus anemia risk estimation.

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    Thirty-day mortality rates according to quartiles of GRACE risk score and the presence of anemia.

    Thirty-day mortality rates according to quartiles of GRACE risk score and the presence of anemia.

PII: S0002-9149(08)01877-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.10.023

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 4 , Pages 442-447 , 15 February 2009